Davey Public Building Plan Faces Budget Squares
State representatives return to work in special session to advance Davey public building and milk market control bills. House Finance Committee arms for 1936 tax issues while opposing items from the $8,800,000 appropriations bill. Senate waits as House negotiates on milk marketing limits and local levy adjustments amid tax and subsidy debates.
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House Finance Committee
E. Ward
Geauga
House
Or Davey
Davey
Ivers
Senate
Legis
John Q
Lucas
Earl E. Thomas
Marion
Secretary to Coolidge backs Lowden in 1928 bid
In an interview a former governor practicing here argues that Lowden is the exponent of Republican policies favorable to farmers and could win, presenting a banner message to “get back to government.” He believes Lowden would be pleasing to the farm and could defeat Roosevelt.
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Ashington
V — Bascomp
Tragic shooting claims young boy in family's hill farm incident
Billy Barger aged 7 and his siblings were present when a .22 rifle fired unintentionally. Deputy Earl Frederick recovered the weapon from the boy and said he did not know it was loaded. The child died about an hour after being shot.
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Billy Barger
Frank Bar
Earl Frederick
Billy
Rick
Accomplices To Be Tried In Plottings Train Wreck Case
Frank of Columbus and Thompson relative by marriage face trial for complicity in a training plot tied to a mail car wreck. James Pson, 37, was convicted of murder last week. Engineer Myers and Fireman J A Kemp were involved in the wreck.
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Pnton
Elpridge Frank
Columbus
James Pson
Smith Rather
Thompson
Myers
J. A. Kemp
Louisville Kidnap Trial Focuses on Stoll Case Figures
In Louisville Kentucky a sensational kidnap trial opens with Mrs Alice Stoll and Mrs Thomas H Robinson Jr as central figures. Mrs Stoll, kidnapped in 1934, will face defendants including Mrs Robinson who seeks early acquittal and her father in law Thomas Robinson Sr. Robinsn Jr remains at large after a nationwide search.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Alice Stoll
Thomas H. Robinson
Stoll
Kidnap Victim Admits She Said Defendant Saved Life
Mrs. Alice Stoll testified in the Federal trial of Mrs. Frances Robinson and Thomas Robinson Sr. for kidnapping that she told agents Robison saved her life out of gratitude after a ransom abduction in 1934. She described the assault scene, confinement in Indianapolis and in Robison Jr.’s car, and identified a photo of Robison Jr. as her abductor. The testimony covered threats to kill her husband Berry Stoll and the sequence ending with the October 1934 release and Robinsons’ flight urge.
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Louisville
Alice Speed Stall
Frances A. Robinson
Thomas H. Robinson
Robinson
Louisville Society
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Robinson, Jr
Pottery Plants Shut by Union in Roseville Area
In Zanesville on Monday about 1 000 potters and Hocking Valley coal miners forced the closure of six Roseville pottery plants as the Potters Union plans an organization drive. A Crooksville plant had already closed, and union president Richard Marshall pledged to extend the campaign to all potteries. Sheriffs reported minor incidents with no serious disorders as workers removed employees at the Nelson McCoy Pottery plant.
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Zanesville
Potters’ Union
Roseville
Hocking Valley
Crooksville
Richard Marshall
The
Union
Ed Redman
James Adrian
Muskingum
Perry
Nelson McCoy Pottery
Redman
Relief projects roster reaches 1,126,234 workers
Washington officials report 1,126,234 people employed on relief projects including the Civilian Conservation Corps. WPA director Hopkins sees 2,023,766 jobs left to reach a 3,500,000 goal by Nov 1, with aides confident weekly figures will show a sharp rise.
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Washington
Civilians Conservation Corps
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Sheriff Says Rustling Ring Broken Two Held
Xenia reports Sheriff John Baughn announces the arrest of Frank Eyler of Dayton and John T Mahoney of London for burglary and larceny in a live stock rustling case. Eyler confessed to stealing two registered Hampshire hogs from Ross Swaney of Cedarville and implicated Mahoney.
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Xenia
Cedarville
John Baugn
Frank Eyler
Dayton
John T. Mahoney
London
Baughn
Eyler
Hampshire
Ross Swaney
Mahoney
Agricultural Head Says Floods Hurt Corn Crop
A central Ohio agricultural authority notes floods this summer reduced the corn crop and estimates potential farm income at about 75 million dollars based on farm prices. He cites conservative crop damage after the Hocking Valley floods at 265 thousand dollars and mentions yearlong effects on seal foods.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Athens County Age Pension Office Lacks Chief Administrator
The Athens County Old Age Pension Office, with 1,198 on the rolls, runs without a permanent administrator as the state seeks legislation to grant Henry J. Berrodin power over appointments. Miss Rowena Sprout and Mrs. Lucille Good said the office may close one or more days weekly to handle duties and travel countywide for new and renewed applications.
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Athens County
State Division
Henry J. Berrodin
Lucille Good
Rowena Sprout
George Ford
Millfield
Fannie Matteson
Athens
Clarence Cooley
Cooley
Berrodin
McKinstry
Ford
Death of John Rowan Grocer at 70 in Richland Avenue
John Rowan aged 70 died shortly before noon at his Richland Avenue home after six months illness. He ran a grocery store on Richland Avenue and earlier operated a novelty shop on Court Street. Born in Washington County he lived near Athens 50 years. He married Elizabeth Josten last Friday on their 42nd anniversary. Survived by his wife, one son Thomas, two brothers James and Michael, one sister Mrs. B. J. Davis, and another son who died 12 years ago. Funeral at St. Pauls Church with burial Mt. Calvary. Holy Name Society rosary vigil Wednesday night.
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John Rowan
Richland Avenue
Court Street
Mr. Rowan
Washington County
Athens
Elizabeth Josten
Thomas
James
Porterfield
Michael
B. J. Davis
Rowan
St. Paul's
Sheep farmer notes drought impact on lamb gains
Walter B Florence raises sheep on a 1200 acre farm in London. He reports that this season's lambs grew poorly due to heavy grass from frequent rains, falling 19 percent below the flock average, while sheep on short grass burned brown by drought showed better gains.
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London
UPI
Walter B Florence
Wreck Search Aims to Fix Cause of Two Air Disasters
Investigators probed two crash sites in Cheyenne and Lordsburg seeking the cause after 14 deaths. Blood tests did not support a carbon monoxide theory for the twin motor airliner that struck a hill near Cheyenne. Also missing three aboard another ship, while a Salt Lake City search continued for a Standard Oil luxury plane unreported since Sunday.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United States Department of Commerce
United Airlines
Here
Paul Worland
Lordsburg
N. M
J. B. Davin
San Diego
Marine Air Force
O. M. Owens
San
Salt Lake City
Standard 01 Company
Explosion at Glidden Soybean plant kills six in Chicago blaze
Fresh rescue crews replaced those who had labored all night and pushed efforts to locate bodies of possibly six more victims of one of the worst industrial explosions in Chicago history. Six known dead and more than 40 injured were counted in the blast that demolished the Glidden Company plant on the near north side. Firemen said it would take days to clear the wreckage and damage was estimated near 1 million dollars.
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Chicago
Glidden Company
Athens County Sends 26 New Boys to CCC
Twenty six youths from Athens County relief families enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps Monday at Camp Athens. They were sent to Fort Knox Kentucky where they are to be stationed temporarily. An additional quota may be filled tomorrow with at least 10 youths to be taken and perhaps up to about 25.
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Athens County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Camp Athens
Fort Knox
W. R. Shaffer
CCC
Shaffer
Robert H. Auflick
Nelsonville
Karl Bagley
Ernest R. Bean
Millfield
Jacksonvile
Witham FE. North
Glouster
Virgil Pratt
Mineral
Clyde FE. Snyder
Edward Sowards
Chauncey
Daniel L. Trout
New Marshfield
Gerald Yates
Harold L. Yerkey
Athens
Orville EB. Young
Deanville
Henry Zukoski
Elza R. Bennett
Two Involved By Confession In Nassau Murder Case
Inspector Harold R. King said Mrs. John Creighton confessed with Everett R. Applegate to poisoning Applegate's wife. Both will be charged with murder after a four page handwritten confession. The death initially thought a heart attack was ruled a murder as poison was found in the body.
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King
Mrs. Applegate
South Sea Cannibals Kill and Lat Women
Batavia Java reports a round up of 56 natives from New Guinea coast head hunting band. The group is accused of killing and eating two native women and abducting two children. Seventeen children are said to be among those arrested as headhunters have terrorized the coast since August.
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Batavia
Java
New Guinea
Relative of English King in Auto Crash
Prince Franz Ludwig of Hesse, 27, a Battenberg relative to King George of England, suffered serious head injuries in a car accident in Frankfurt on the Main and was hospitalized.
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Frankfort
Main
Germany
Prince Franz Ludwigh Hesse
Battenberg
George of
England
Treaty re ratified ties postwar U S Germany links
Berlin announces the United States and Germany have re ratified the 1925 Treaty of Friendship Commerce and Consular Rights signaling ongoing diplomatic ties. Nelsonville workers report a new post office site on West Washington Street at the Johnson property, with the Myers house lot also to be used. The project cost totals 1,000.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Reich Foreign Office
Nelsonville
Thomas N. Jenkins
Johnson
West
Washington Street
Myers
Boy Denies Self to Buy Dog Food
Philadelphia report describes 10 year old Robert Dages and his dog Spot at a suburban trolley terminus. Robert spent 25 cents on dog meat and went hungry while the dog fared well. Police found them asleep together and Spot named a good dog by the boy who refused to eat.
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Philadelphia
Spot
Robert Dages
Robert
New Coal Code Nearing Ready to Fix Prices
Washington report says the bituminous coal commission will promulgate the producers code as the first step in federal oversight. Chairman Hosford Jr. notes the code could be ready today or Wednesday with district price fixing boards to be elected under the Guffey Act. An 18 percent tax at the mine price takes effect December 1 with an 8 percent refund for compliant operators.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Coal Producers’ Code
NRA
Charles F. Hosford, Jr
Green Flames Labor Split In AFL Independent Party Push
Atlantic City four conservatives among AFL leadership oppose the growing push for an independent labor party. William Green, AFL president, says the federation will not be coerced but may back independent political action if workers favor it.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor United Today
Resolutions Committee
Executive Council
William Green
Federation
Four Freed in Mae West Extortion Plot
Los Angeles authorities released four men after hours of questioning about a $1,000 extortion plot targeting Mae West. A fifth man remained in custody, while George James, 38, a busboy at the Fox Studio Restaurant, denied involvement.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Hollywood
George James
James
Fox Studio
Nine Hundred Return To Work At Pennsylvania Mine
Nine hundred miners at the Big Nema colliery in Uniontown Pennsylvania returned to work today under a union wage and hour agreement. The Buckeye Coal Company owned by Youngstown Steel and Tube Company had closed the mine during the general strike.
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Uniontown
Buckeye Coal Company
Youngstown Steel and Tube Company
Navy appoints Capt Ogan as aide to Philippine commissioner designate
The Navy Department announces the appointment of Capt. J. V. Ogan of McArthur Ohio as naval aide to Frank H. Murphy the Philippine high commissioner designate. He will report October 2.
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Washington
Navy Department
J. V. Ogan
McArthur, O
Frank H. Murphy
Haile Selassie Orders Italian Out of Country
The Ethiopian government ordered the Italian minister and staff to leave Addis Ababa and instructed its Rome envoy to demand Italian passports. The League of Nations weighed sanctions against Mussolini's regime as Ethiopia reported troop movements and battlefield actions near Adowa, Adigrat, and Dessye with Ethiopian forces defending key passes.
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Haile Selassie
Geneva
League of Nations
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Reuters
Havas
Alag
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Nations
Great Britain
League Assembly
Laval
France
Assembly
Il Duce
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